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Pictured from left to right is Yonathan Admassu, assistant professor at James Madison University and a 91ֿ alumnus; Lindsay Poluga, geology master’s student at 91ֿ; and Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., 91ֿ professor and principal Inve

Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? 91ֿ Researchers Study the Stability of National Monument

For 91ֿ Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.     So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the …

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National Poetry Day!

  October 15 is National Poetry Day!  Please join us at the May Prentice House to celebrate. "Celebrating Our Own" is an annual poetry reading hosted by the Wick Poetry Center featuring our high school and undergraduate scholarship winners. May Prentice House Tuesday, October 15, 20…

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New Home and Public Park for 91ֿ’s Wick Poetry Center

On Sept. 25-27, 91ֿ’s Wick Poetry Center will celebrate its 30th anniversary with the dedication of a new home and poetry park on the Lefton Esplanade. For more information, visit www.kent.edu/wick.

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A Poetic Celebration

For 30 years, 91ֿ’s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices – locally, regionally and nationally – and bringing poetry to people’s everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the College of Arts and Scie…

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91ֿ Dedicates the New Home of the Wick Poetry Center and Poetry Park

For 30 years, 91ֿ’s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices – locally, regionally and nationally – and bringing poetry to people’s everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the College of Arts and Scie…

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91ֿ Dedicates the New Home of the Wick Poetry Center and Poetry Park

For 30 years, 91ֿ’s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices – locally, regionally and nationally – and bringing poetry to people’s everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the College of Arts and Scie…

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Provost Announces Leadership Change in Arts and Sciences

Dear Colleagues: I’m pleased to write to you today to announce that Timothy Moerland has agreed to join me to work on special projects in the Provost’s Office, effective Aug. 1, 2012. As such, he will take on new responsibilities that will offer a different level of exposure to higher education a…

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“Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings” to be Topic of Co-Lecture at 91ֿ on Sept. 27

91ֿ’s College of Arts and Sciences and the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host a co-lecture, “The Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings,” to be given by two of Northeast Ohio’s experts in Middle East politics and political economy on Sept. 27 at…

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Rare Sixteenth-Century British Travel Writing Featured in Library Showcase on May 9

A showcase of rare books from 91ֿ's Special Collections Library titled "The Printed World: European Travel Writing in an Age of Global Encounters (1500-1850)" will take place on Friday, May 9  from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the 91ֿ Main Library, Read…

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91ֿ Honors College Graduate Named 2014 Portz Scholar

The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) has named Allison Moats, a recent graduate of the Honors College and the College of Arts and Sciences at 91ֿ, as a Portz Scholar for 2014. Allison is a native of Ravenna, Ohio, and received her bachelor’s degree from the Department of A…

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